editvsedoTell them apart

Quick tell: edit is a verb, edo is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“edit” is a verb and “edo” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,546
“edit” frequency rank
#37,469
“edo” frequency rank
52015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edit edo
Definition ein Buch, eine Zeitung oder einen Film zusammenstellen oder vor der Veröffentlichung aufbereiten oder

Letter map: edit vs edo

Shared letters muted; letters that set edit and edo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
edit
3 ch
edo

Role in the sentence - edit and edo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: edit is averb and edoaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edit is recorded at frequency rank #14,546, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɛdɪt]. edo is at rank #37,469, tagged as aconj, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 52015, this pair ranks #1,113,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edit vs edo

Shared letters: de. Private to "edit": it. Private to "edo": o.

"edit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "edo" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editdeit · eddit · editt · edti · eidt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edit" and "edo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "edit" is a verb and "edo" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "edit" vs "edo" - which ranks higher?
"edit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,546 in our German list, against #37,469 for "edo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "edit" vs "edo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "edit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "edo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,113,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edit" and "edo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edo vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,113,191 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list